From: Omixochitl2002@yahoo.com   
      
   Raist  wrote in news:0IZob.81772$Tr4.208262@attbi_s03:   
      
   > Omixochitl wrote:   
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   >> Survival of relatives does have some sway, hence kinship selection   
   >> (including but not limited to parental care of offspring).  My point is   
   >> that group survival is still not *just as important to the gene* as   
   >> personal survival.   
   >   
   > You make some good points, but ultimately if your issue and close   
   > relatives do not suvive, your genetic line ends. No matter how "fit" you   
      
   The line ends unless you go on to make *more* issue.   
      
   If you survive and your sister doesn't, then a gene inside you has a 50%   
   chance of getting passed on to the next baby you produce.   
      
   If your sister survives and you don't, then a gene inside you has a 25%   
   chance of getting passed on to the next baby she produces.   
      
   So while a gene is inside you, it's more likely to get passed on by   
   prodding you to value your life above hers than it is by prodding you to   
   value her life above yours.   
      
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